"So," Mira started, holding the "so" for as long as she could. "What did you and Natsu and do last night?"

"W-what, don't think like that Mira!" I hissed at her, adding; "And keep your voice down! I don't want wind of this to get out."

"Okay, but we better get you two together soon, so that the news can spread across Fiore! Yes, Sorcerer Weekly's top story; Salamander Natsu with Celestial Lucy, Flames with Keys!" Mira spouted out the happiness from within her fantasy filled mind.

'I get around the guild, but Fiore, Sorcerer Weekly magazine? Maybe she's thinking about this a bit much. I mean seriously, what's next, planning my wedding?' I thought miserably. 'Even though Mira's helping like everyone else, she seems to be a bit more into it. It's like she wants it to happen ASAP, why the rush?'

~o~

"-Flames with Keys!" I finished my rain of publicizing their 'going to be' profound relationship.

'Now, I need this to happen as soon as possible! Poor Lucy, if only she knew what was coming. If she did, then she would be as in to making it happen ASAP as I am.'

"Juvia, I think I should do it. I think I should confess to Natsu." A snow-white haired mage said while blushing.

"Lisanna, are you serious?" a dumbfounded Juvia Lockser asked.

"Yes, once I get back from my mission with Elfman. I want to be Natsu's wife! That's what I've had planned since we were both kids, Juvia. Don't you understand? It's like you with Gray, I love Natsu. I always will." Lisanna replied, her eyes showed love and hurt.

"Juvia thinks this isn't a very good decision." Juvia

"Why? I know Natsu will return my feelings, I know it!" Lisanna shouted to an empty space where the water mage used to be. "He will choose me over her. He has too."

"Juvia knows you were listening Mira-san." Juvia startled an unsuspecting me, Mirajane Strauss.

"Juvia, you scared me!" I pouted.

"Oh Mira-san, Juvia feels bad for putting her down like that. She really does genuinely love Natsu. But Juvia just doesn't think that they can fit together like Juvia and Gray-sama, or Natsu and Lucy." Juvia confessed.

"I know Juvia, I know, I feel the same way. I support Lucy with Natsu. I want them to be together. But to do that, I have to hurt her in the worst way." I told the understanding girl next to me.

"Love is a battlefield. You have to be ready to strike down your opponents at every cost. Even if it means temporarily damaging ones feelings you care for. Do you understand?" Juvia asked me.

"I think I do. If it is a battlefield and you must sometimes hurt your loved ones, then I guess I can help Lucy." I told her. I felt bad, very bad. Lisanna was my sister. Lucy was my friend. Friends bonds can be broken so easily while sibling bonds can never be broken. So no matter what I do, Lisanna and I will still be the sisters we always were.

~o~

"Mira, why are you in such a rush to get this over with?" I asked perplexed.

'Maybe she just wants to get this publicized as fast as possible. It is like Mira to do so.' I thought.

"Well, you will see Lucy. In about one week I'm guessing." Mira replied, her eyes showing the slightest hint of sadness that I didn't take the time to catch.

"Oh, well okay Mira-chan, I guess all I can do is trust you." I told her apologetically.

"I'm not sure why I said that like I was apologizing. Hm, well I wonder when Natsu will barge into the guild. He usually does that by now. Is he still knocked out on the side walk? Geez, how hard did he fall?' I thought thinking about the morning.

"Well that's good," Mira started. "Now, I wonder where Natsu is. Isn't he usually here by now?"

"Eh-heh, took the words right out of my mind!" I said with a spice of guilt in my voice.

"GRAYYYYYY!" a familiar voice shouted across the guild. "ERZAAAAA! Fight me now! I will win for sure!"

"Natsu…why are you so persistent on fighting anyone in the guild?" I murmured, disappointed in the dragon slayer. But what could I do about it? Dragon Slayers are just bound to the fighting instinct of a dragon. Excluding Wendy of course and the spirits know that Carla would never allow that.

"Well Natsu, before the fight we should have a hug." Erza told Natsu as she walked over and gave him a "hug". The hug was more of an attack than a hug since she just banged his head against her metal breastplate.

"Erza, no fair! I didn't even get a good punch on the flame head." Gray whined to Erza, who returned it with a menacing glare which shut the mage up.

"Now, the best of friends shouldn't get into quarrels all the time, sure a few once in a while, but none now!" Erza scolded the slouching mage.

" Eh whatever, but I'll fight 'em one of these days, and soon. It sickens me that I even agreed to help the hothead with something as hopeless for him as this." Gray mumbled to an even more ticked off Erza.

"What did you say?" Erza hissed to the mage, not noticing the former passed out mage wake up.

"Whoever said Gray was helping me? Oh, and are those cakes done yet?" Natsu barged in surprising the whole group.

"NATSU!" We all yelled in unison, all surprised by the mages sudden intrusion, and all thinking that Mira wanted this to happen.

'Mira, you have the viewing area of where Natsu would be! Why didn't you warn one of us?' I mentally hissed at her.

"What? I just asked what he was apparently helping me with and if the cake was done. Too bad it's cake, I wanted it to me something big and fiery." Natsu replied to our sudden shock.

"Heh, he was going to help you with reading! 'Cause we all know you aren't the best. And the cake needs time, and no, no fire cake." I fake-answered his questions.

"No fire cake? Wait, what'd you mean I have a hard time reading!?" he yelled to me answer.

Gray looked at me with a "why'd ya start a fight for me with the fire bastard now?" glare. I gave him an "I'm sorry" smile and just 'mphed'.

While Natsu kept interrogating us all, Mira slipped out unnoticed, so I went after her. I made sure I was unnoticed so suspicion wouldn't be raised.

~o~

"Gomen Lisanna! I don't want to hurt you, but I have to do this. I don't know why. But all I know is that I need to make this happen. I need to make, I need to, I want to make this happen. Gomen." That's was I heard when I went off to find Mira. I saw her crouching by the side of the guild, crying in her hands.

'Mira….why are crying? Why are you apologizing to Lisanna? What does Lisanna have to do with this anyways? I'm not getting this.' I thought, looking at the takeover mage sympathetically.

"Mira, don't cry." I said without thinking about it first. Maybe I should of warned her I was coming instead of just appearing, but nothing I can do now.

"L-Lucy! W-why, w-what are you d-dong here? I-what did you hear?" Mira asked me clearly stressed out.

"Mira, I may not know what Lisanna has to do with anything, but I am here to help. Just tell me what's wrong and I will fix it. I," I was about to finish when she interrupted me.

"Don't promise to fix something that will break you in the end. I know that you want to help. And that's why I know that I have to do everything to repay you for everything you have done to help me. I have to betray Lisanna to do this. That is all I am not only willing, but can tell you. Lucy, don't ask more questions, for both our own goods." Mira said thoughtfully, wiping away a stray tear that made its way down to her cheek.

"Mira…why are you," I stopped myself. She said not to ask any more questions.

"Lucy, you are a sweet and caring person. The best there is. So that is why I must betray Lisanna, for your sake. All you do is give. So I want to do the same." Mira told me, meaningful wrods rushing out her mouth like a waterfall.

"Mira, what have I done to help you that you would betray someone for?" I asked her curious for her answer.

"You brought back my sister." She told me, her voice cracking like there was more tears to come.

"Mira, I didn't exactly do that. The Anima did, not me." I told her apologetically.

"But if you didn't go there and save everyone, then Lisanna wouldn't be back. Plus, you have done so much more. You have actually calmed down Natsu a bit. When you weren't here, he was more mayhem than ever before!" Mira said, starting to go back to her enthusiastic self.

"Well, I guess you do have a point. I really think that you need some rest. Why don't you come by my place sleep up?" I offered her, tearing up at her thoughtful words.

"Okay, I think that would be a very nice to do. After all, Natsu says that's where he get s the best sleep." Mira smiled getting up and taking the hand I offered.

"Arigato! I really appreciate you, Lucy. Without you, I don't know how this guild would survive!"

~o~

When Mira-san and I had gotten to my apartment, we were both shocked to find a sleeping Natsu in my bed. I really shouldn't have been shocked, but I was. I really was shocked when he said a certain something in his sleep.

"Lucccccy, come home-to me…Lets sleeeep in the beeeeed." He murmured in his sleep.

"He-he, looks like I'm not the one who should be sleeping in this bed now, I'll go home and make the rest of the second part of the plan. Later Lucy, see you at the guild tomorrow!" Mira smiled at me and walked out the door leaving me with a sleeping Natsu and my crazy over-imaginative mind. And let me tell you something, that dang mind of mine wasn't helping this situation at all.

"Natsu, why do you have to be cute when you sleep?" I asked no one while turning away from the "sleeping" dragon slayer.

"I'm wah when I sleep?" a very familiar voice groaned like they just woke up.

"Eh! Wah Natsu, when did you get up?" I shouted.

"Well I just got up and heard you say I'm something at starts with a 'c' when I sleep." Natsu replied looking me in my very shocked and embarrassed eye.

"Y'know Natsu, let's just go to bed. I'm exhausted, so whether it's with or without you, I'm going to sleep. And it's going to be in my bed. So sleep and move over, or get out. 'Cuz I'm not in the mood to Lucy Kick you out." I mumbled and crawled into bed. Natsu moved to the other side of the bed when I climbed in.

"Lucy, if you never came back what would I do?" Natsu asked me the thoughtful question, which was weird because thoughtful things weren't like him.

"I don't know. Fight and eat. The real question would be; what would I do if you never came back? I wouldn't know. I would be without a partner, my favorite partner." I told him truthfully. This remark caused him to open one of his closed eyes and smile at me.

"Oh Luce, you really are weird." He told me as he wrapped a protective arm around my waist as we drifted into sleep. Let me say that action was intentional, and very comfy.

~o~

A couple days later after Mira was so emotional, we decided to go to the beach; Mira's idea. I would guess this is her second part of her plan. I don't know how she would lock me in a closet here, but maybe that's not this part of the plan. Maybe she's saving that for last.

"Ahhhh, this is so- relaxing!" I said stretching out my sore arms. "I think you are a genius Mira! A beautiful week at the beach will do wonders for my relaxation. That part of my routine has been cut off way too long!"

"Glad you think so Lucy! And I know, I feel the same way, that's why I chose here!" Mira replied as we walked to our hotel room.

The hotel was amazing! Five star, and very elegant! A two story up ceiling hung above us and chandeliers had been strewn everywhere along the intricate lobby. The customers were all in extravagant clothes and wore very outrageous accessories. The employees were very polite and eyed me a bit. It was pretty uncomfortable and annoying for Natsu in my opinion. Mira smiled at me like she knew something. Then I realized that Natsu not liking the employee's "friendliness" was a little puzzle piece in her elaborate plan.

"So Lucy, how do you like the hotel, how about we get to our room!" Natsu shouted louder than necessary.

'We were sharing a room?' I thought. Clearly Mira had that planned out too, nice thinking.

"Natsu, wasn't that a bit loud?" I scolded the most likely jealous mage.

'So we're still on the jealous part of the plan?' I thought to myself. 'Mira, your phases of this plan are too long!'

Once we all got too our room we checked them out a bit. Natsu and I got what it looked like, a honeymoon suite. I think Mira went a little overboard on the romantic accessories.

"Geez Luce, why'd ya get this room?" he questioned me.

"I'm not the one who ordered the rooms!" I shouted. "Plus, if I did I wouldn't pair us up."

"Why not Luigi?" Natsu pouted, infuriating me with the nickname. "I thought we were partners."

"We are, but that doesn't mean we sleep in the same bed." I hissed.

"But we do that at your place." He pointed out a vital fact that I had left out.

"That doesn't matter! My room doesn't have roses and hearts everywhere! Plus, look at that huge canopy! It's ginormous!"

'My gosh Mira, how much did this cost you!' I yelled in my mind, my eyes almost fell out my head when I saw the bathroom. It was, gosh, way too much! And there was a note too.

Natsu and Lucy,

I hope you will enjoy this enticing suite! I made sure to get the most romantic one out there, for my own special reasons of course. I hope that you are comfortable in this room! I also hope that the last part of the plan isn't going to be required, even though it would be much, and I mean much, fun! Enjoy this, and consider it a thank you for all you've done!

XOXO, Mira

Mira, you went way overboard.

"Luce, whatcha got there?" Natsu popped up behind me like some ghost.

"KYA! Natsu, don't you dare scare me like that!" I yelled at him flustered.

"Bwahahaha! You said 'kya'! Geez Lucy, I didn't mean to get you so spooked. Now change into your swim suit and let's get a move on! I need to challenge Gray to a tanning contest!" Natsu said cheerfully. He was already in his swimming shorts so I was behind so far.

'Mira, why did you have to distract me with amazing suite!?'

Once I had my suit on, I went to the main room in the suite.

"Wow Luce, you look fired up!" Natsu, wait, he just complimented me!

"Natsu, are you okay? A fever maybe, that's not good for a fire dragon slayer!" I rushed over to him and put a hand on his forehead.

"Lucy, what the?" Natsu started. He stopped when he realized how close I was. My chest was on him and our faces were relatively close.

"Natsu, you seem hotter than usual." I told him with noticeable concern in my voice.

"I know, I've taking care of my image haven't I?" Natsu smiled, breaking the moment.

"NATSU! Stop fooling around, now I think you are really sick! A fever is what I presume." I told him guiding him to the huge bed.

"I think I can wa," he started, but stumbled and almost fell towards the the floor.

"I don't think so. Now, c'mon, I'll put you in bed and go tell the others that we can't go to the beach today, then I'll come back and take care of you." I told him placing the covers over his sweating body.

"Lucy, isn't that what a wife does?" he asked me. The question surprised me. I wished he wouldn't've said that. Because then he wouldn't answer what I would say.

"How would you know that?" I asked.

"Lisanna said she was my wife when we were kids, and she took care of me when I was sick." He replied.

'She said she was his wife…'

At that moment everything clicked together. The elaborate jigsaw puzzle I should've figured out long ago, had been put together. It's all about the puzzle of Mira's emotional state, and the pieces; Lisanna, me, Natsu, betrayal. Everything has clicked to its place. Lisanna loves Natsu, but Mira wants Natsu and me to be together. So she betrayed her sister for this one time and went on my side.

"O-oh, I see Natsu. I am going to go tell them now." I said like a machine.

"Does that mean you're my wife now?" Natsu asked as he drowsed into sleep.

'EH, did he just say that? N-no, he couldn't of, no way. That's just, no. It's not like him, and if he did say that, he probably doesn't know what it means.' I thought while I tried piecing together the new puzzle Natsu had given me.

A/N

So, how was this chapter? I know I've been making Natsu bit by bit OOC, then bringing him back a bit. But really, if I tried doing this in character, then it would be an aimless puppy looking for a bone buried at the Earth's core! I really so think that this chapter is awesome though! And tricking Mirajane! She has been planning this whole thing out despite her problem mentioned MANY times in this chapter! Oh, and Lisanna is going to confess to Natsu?! Will Lucy make Natsu hers in time?! Well, I guess I should write the chapters s you can find out! Please review, favorite, and follow!

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